Laguna Jayu Khota volcano
maar 3650? m / 11,975 ft
El norte de Chile, Bolivia y Argentina, América del Sur, -19.45°S / -67.42°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
El norte de Chile, Bolivia y Argentina, América del Sur, -19.45°S / -67.42°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 22 Oct 2019 (Volcanic Ash Advisory)
Laguna Jayu Khota is a group of 2 young maars (Jayu Khota and Nekhe Khota to the NE) in the Central Altiplano of Bolivia, north of Salar de Uyuni and east of Salar de Coipasa. It was originally believed that they were meteorite impact craters.
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Erupciones del volcán Laguna Jayu Khota: unknown, within the past 10,000 years
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Background
The eruptions forming the maars produced basaltic-trachyandesite pyroclastic deposits containing granitic xenoliths.The maars lie along a transverse lineament; the alkali basaltic cone of Chiar Kkollu is located nearby where this lineament intersects the regional trend. (Source: Smithsonian / GVP)
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See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
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